EDLD 5366 Graphic Design and Desktop Publishing I found the digital graphics course to be very engaging. I enjoyed the hands on approach and I learned the theory behind creating a good newsletter. It was like publishing a major magazine. I basically learned what it takes to produce a quality newsletter and I was introduced to several examples of a good newsletter. When you pick up a magazine or newsletter you never think about the work it took to produce it. In this course I learned about basic design principles such as contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity. First basic principle is contrast and according to this article contrast is the single most important element in a design (Yearwood, 2009). I really enjoyed creating the newsletter. I taught what I learned to my team, and we created a social studies newsletter for the 5th grade. The only negative comment that I have is the coach for the course at the time was not very helpful when I was having a technical issue. I finally spoke with the professor and my issue was finally addressed.
I found the digital graphics course to be very engaging. I enjoyed the hands on approach and I learned the theory behind creating a good newsletter. It was like publishing a major magazine. I basically learned what it takes to produce a quality newsletter and I was introduced to several examples of a good newsletter. When you pick up a magazine or newsletter you never think about the work it took to produce it. In this course I learned about basic design principles such as contrast, repetition, alignment and proximity. First basic principle is contrast and according to this article contrast is the single most important element in a design (Yearwood, 2009). I really enjoyed creating the newsletter. I taught what I learned to my team, and we created a social studies newsletter for the 5th grade. The only negative comment that I have is the coach for the course at the time was not very helpful when I was having a technical issue. I finally spoke with the professor and my issue was finally addressed.